I have a few
samples for you in my second entry as Guest Designer for Viva Las Vegas Stamps… I was having too much fun to quit at one! There are some amazing ranch women here in
Gillette, Wyoming, so I was happy to find some great Western stamps in the VLVS
catalog!

Using the Two
Cowgirls (Item 18784 from Plate 1395) and the Wildflower background from Plate1401, I was able to play on the idea of “Prairie Flowers” for my card. I white embossed the flowers on paper from
the Fleuriste collection by Cosmo Cricket, and then enhanced the color contrast
with Distress Stains before mounting. To
make the card more interesting, I folded the purple cardstock so that the front
was narrower than the back. I added a
strip of coordinating paper to the overlap.

The Two
Cowgirls and “YEE HAW!” are stamped in purple on white cardstock and clear
embossed, then colored with Distress Markers and cut out as shown. I used a permanent marker to add black lines
to create a hand-drawn effect before mounting the images to the picture panel
with foam tape for dimension. I defined
the theme of the card with words and letters from Cosmo Cricket’s Tiny
Type. My final embellishments were a
“tin star” and a lariat made of hemp cord, and a bit of doodling in white gel
pen.

Ready for some rodeo
fun?

For the
picture panel on this card, I colored the Two Cowgirls stamp with Distress
Markers and impressed on Ranger’s Specialty Paper in the ATC size. The card also features words and numbers
from artistMary Vogel Lozinak’s Plate 1401.
Scrapbook-styled handwriting, doodling and various bits that reminded me
of the fun of a rodeo fair complete the card.

And a last bit of fun
with Mary Vogel Lozinak’s versatile stamps…

Both of
these cards’ picture panels were stamped in the same way as the Two Cowgirls on
the last card. I colored the stamp of
this darling woman in a cloche hat using Distress Markers and impressed the panel
for the card on the right. Then I
lightly misted the stamp with water and impressed it again. Voila!
Two for one! Variety in coloring
and papers produced different personalities for the cards, despite following
the same layout and similar embellishment design elements.

I hope you enjoyed riding along with me as I mounted up my VLVStamps! They were a pleasure to use and the nice
quality allowed me to get clear images -- even
coloring with markers and double stamping. I’ll be watching the Internet to see what the
rest of you come up with using these wonderful images! I plan on getting some milage out of
mine. Thanks for taking a look!

Help in thanking Purnima for being here to share her beautiful artwork with us. I'm always grateful when people share the projects they create with our goods. I hope you'll share some of yours on our facebook wall or in our For The Love of Stampo group! ♥♥